Vermont Growing Local Food Sovereignty – Rural VT Update

“Vermonters Feeding Vermonters: Growing Local Food Sovereignty”       February 4, 5:30pm – Capitol City Grange Hall, Montpelier Northfield Street – Route 12 just south of Montpelier (physical address: 6612 Vt. Rt 12, Berlin) Free and open to the public, potluck to follow. Robb Kidd, Organizer for Rural Vermont, will discuss Food Sovereignty and the [...]

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Resource Library for Sustainability and Ecology

A new Resource Library is being compiled of links, resources and documents on everything pertaining to ecology and sustainability. It is a collaboration of Permaculturists from Vermont and others around the globe. The vision is for it to become an open-source information hub, connecting people and communities with the information they need to become more [...]

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Bill McKibben and David Cobb on Occupy the Courts Jan. 20th

Video - David Cobb on Occupy the Courts January 20, 2012 National Day of Protest – January 20, 2012 100 cities (and counting) are holding rallies to participate in Occupy the Courts – a one-day protest at federal courthouses across the United States – including the US Supreme Court. Please watch and then share our video [...]

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Transparent Radiation: The Movie

August 2011 – After the March 2011 catastrophic disasters in Japan, debates about nuclear power reignited around the world and uncertainty about the costs and benefits of nuclear energy rose dramatically. Set amid the world’s historic transition toward energy sustainability, this important film looks at nuclear energy through the lens of ecological economics. It features [...]

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Vermonters Say Corporations are NOT People!

Vermont is leading the Revolution by declaring that Corporations are not Persons and don’t have the rights we Humans have, like electing our representatives. The unified efforts of Public Citizen, WILPF, VPIRG, Move to Amend, the Peace and Justice Center, Common Cause, Occupy Vermont and others can be followed at this web page “Vermonters Say Corporations are not People“. We are working together to [...]

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Grand Opening for The Vermont Food Venture Center – January 6th

This Friday, the 6th of Jan. The Vermont Food Venture Center is celebrating their Grand Opening (more information). The Center opened this past September  in Hardwick, VT, offering fully equipped certified kitchens for rent as well as technical assistance and consulting for their clients. The VFVC is a business incubator that was designed by The Center for an Agricultural [...]

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Vermont Citizenry Making a Difference – Heartworks VT

Heartworks of Vermont is a group of caring citizens who organize to make a difference in our communities through “simple random acts of kindness”. Their random acts of kindness include; mobilizing to house and provide funds for flood victims of Irene, providing care and food for those in need, running clothes-drives and much more. It is this type [...]

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